Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	bring_v	great_a	see_v	1,837	5	2.9440	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25259	The double descent a poem.	Ames, Richard, d. 1693.	1692 (1692)	Wing A2976; ESTC R40741	6,595	29

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